The Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year is an award given to the player aged 23 years or under at the start of the season whose performances are considered to be the best, playing in Ligue 1. The award has been presented since the 1993–94 season and the first winner of the award was Bordeaux midfielder Zinedine Zidane. The current holder is Ousmane Dembélé, who won the award for his performances throughout the 2015–16 campaign for Rennes scoring 12 goals and assisting 5. Eden Hazard is the only player to have won this award twice
Winners
This award has been presented 23 times as of 2016, with all winners being different save for Eden Hazard, who won in the 2008–09 and 2009–10. He was also the first foreign player to win the award until Younès Belhanda won the award in 2011–12 followed by Marco Verratti in 2013–14